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Socio-economic Impact in a Region in the Southern Part of Jutland by the Establishment of a Plant for Processing of Bio Ethanol
A cooperation between The Farmers Association of Southern Jutland, Institute of Food Economics Department of Environmental and Business Economics, USD, and Centre for Rural Development, hosting Leader+ Denmark This report is a translation of the original report in Danish: (Jørgensen, H. P. and K. H.-Gregersen: Estimerede økonomiske virkninger i Syd- og Sønderjyl-land ved etablering af et anlæg til fremstilling af bioethanol, September 2003).
Estimation of Production Functions on Fishery: A Danish Survey
The fishing fleet and the component parts of effort and production can be de-scribed and analysed in different ways. As an example, the fishing fleet can be described using a list of different production function specifications. These pro-duction functions will in this paper be estimated using data for the Danish North Sea human consumption demersal trawl fishery. Some statistical prob-lems including multicollinearity are discussed and possible solutions and inter-pretations are put forward.Danish North Sea human consumption demersal trawl fishery, pro-duction function, multicollinearity
VLT, GROND and Danish telescope observations of transits in the TRAPPIST-1 system
Funding: UGJ acknowledges funding from the Novo Nordisk Foundation Interdisciplinary Synergy Programme grant no. NNF19OC0057374 and from the European Union H2020-MSCA-ITN-2019 under Grant no. 860470 (CHAMELEON). NP’s work was supported by Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (FCT) through the research grants UIDB/04434/2020 and UIDP/04434/2020. PLP was partly funded by Programa de Iniciación en Investigación-Universidad de Antofagasta, INI-17-03.TRAPPIST-1 is an ultra-cool dwarf that hosts seven known transiting planets. We present photometry of the system obtained using three telescopes at ESO La Silla (the Danish 1.54-m telescope and the 2.2-m MPI telescope) and Paranal (Unit Telescope 1 of the Very Large Telescope). We obtained 18 light curves from the Danish telescope, eight from the 2.2-m and four from the VLT. From these we measure 25 times of mid-transit for four of the planets (b, c, f, g). These light curves and times of mid-transit will be useful in determining the masses and radii of the planets, which show variations in their transit times due to gravitational interactions.PostprintPeer reviewe
Dust, Ice and Gas in Time (DIGIT) Herschel program first results: A full PACS-SED scan of the gas line emission in protostar DK Cha
DK Cha is an intermediate-mass star in transition from an embedded
configuration to a star plus disk stage. We aim to study the composition and
energetics of the circumstellar material during this pivotal stage. Using the
Range Scan mode of PACS on the Herschel Space Observatory, we obtained a
spectrum of DK Cha from 55 to 210 micron as part of the DIGIT Key Program.
Almost 50 molecular and atomic lines were detected, many more than the 7 lines
detected in ISO-LWS. Nearly the entire ladder of CO from J=14-13 to 38-37
(E_u/k = 4080 K), water from levels as excited as E_u/k = 843 K, and OH lines
up to E_u/k = 290 K were detected. The continuum emission in our PACS SED scan
matches the flux expected from a model consisting of a star, a surrounding disk
of 0.03 Solar mass, and an envelope of a similar mass, supporting the
suggestion that the object is emerging from its main accretion stage.
Molecular, atomic, and ionic emission lines in the far-infrared reveal the
outflow's influence on the envelope. The inferred hot gas can be photon-heated,
but some emission could be due to C-shocks in the walls of the outflow cavity.Comment: 4 Page letter, To appear in A&A special issue on Hersche
The CHESS chemical Herschel surveys of star forming regions: Peering into the protostellar shock L1157-B1. I. Shock chemical complexity
We present the first results of the unbiased survey of the L1157-B1 bow
shock, obtained with HIFI in the framework of the key program Chemical Herschel
surveys of star forming regions (CHESS). The L1157 outflow is driven by a
low-mass Class 0 protostar and is considered the prototype of the so-called
chemically active outflows. The bright blue-shifted bow shock B1 is the ideal
laboratory for studying the link between the hot (around 1000-2000 K) component
traced by H2 IR-emission and the cold (around 10-20 K) swept-up material. The
main aim is to trace the warm gas chemically enriched by the passage of a shock
and to infer the excitation conditions in L1157-B1. A total of 27 lines are
identified in the 555-636 GHz region, down to an average 3 sigma level of 30
mK. The emission is dominated by CO(5-4) and H2O(110-101) transitions, as
discussed by Lefloch et al. (2010). Here we report on the identification of
lines from NH3, H2CO, CH3OH, CS, HCN, and HCO+. The comparison between the
profiles produced by molecules released from dust mantles (NH3, H2CO, CH3OH)
and that of H2O is consistent with a scenario in which water is also formed in
the gas-phase in high-temperature regions where sputtering or grain-grain
collisions are not efficient. The high excitation range of the observed tracers
allows us to infer, for the first time for these species, the existence of a
warm (> 200 K) gas component coexisting in the B1 bow structure with the cold
and hot gas detected from ground
MR-proADM as a Prognostic Marker in Patients With ST-Segment-Elevation Myocardial Infarction - DANAMI-3 (a Danish Study of Optimal Acute Treatment of Patients With STEMI) Substudy
Background
Midregional proadrenomedullin (
MR
‐pro
ADM
) has demonstrated prognostic potential after myocardial infarction (
MI
). Yet, the prognostic value of
MR
‐pro
ADM
at admission has not been examined in patients with ST‐segment–elevation
MI
(
STEMI
).
Methods and Results
The aim of this substudy, DANAMI‐3 (The Danish Study of Optimal Acute Treatment of Patients with
ST
‐segment–elevation myocardial infarction), was to examine the associations of admission concentrations of
MR
‐pro
ADM
with short‐ and long‐term mortality and hospital admission for heart failure in patients with
ST
‐segment–elevation myocardial infarction. Outcomes were assessed using Cox proportional hazard models and area under the curve using receiver operating characteristics. In total, 1122 patients were included. The median concentration of
MR
‐pro
ADM
was 0.64 nmol/L (25th–75th percentiles, 0.53–0.79). Within 30 days 23 patients (2.0%) died and during a 3‐year follow‐up 80 (7.1%) died and 38 (3.4%) were admitted for heart failure. A doubling of
MR
‐pro
ADM
was, in adjusted models, associated with an increased risk of 30‐day mortality (hazard ratio, 2.67; 95% confidence interval, 1.01–7.11;
P
=0.049), long‐term mortality (hazard ratio, 3.23; 95% confidence interval, 1.97–5.29;
P
<0.0001), and heart failure (hazard ratio, 2.71; 95% confidence interval, 1.32–5.58;
P
=0.007). For 30‐day and 3‐year mortality, the area under the curve for
MR
‐pro
ADM
was 0.77 and 0.78, respectively. For 3‐year mortality, area under the curve (0.84) of the adjusted model marginally changed (0.85;
P
=0.02) after addition of
MR
‐pro
ADM
.
Conclusions
Elevation of admission
MR
‐pro
ADM
was associated with long‐term mortality and heart failure, whereas the association with short‐term mortality was borderline significant.
MR
‐pro
ADM
may be a marker of prognosis after ST‐segment–elevation myocardial infarction but does not seem to add substantial prognostic information to established clinical models.
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/. Unique identifiers:
NCT
01435408 and
NCT
01960933.
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APEX-CHAMP+ high-J CO observations of low-mass young stellar objects: I. The HH 46 envelope and outflow
AIMS Our aim is to characterize the size, mass, density and temperature
profiles of the protostellar envelope of HH~46 IRS 1 and its surrounding cloud
material as well as the effect the outflow has on its environment.METHODS The
CHAMP+ and LABOCA arrays on the APEX telescope, combined with lower frequency
line receivers, are used to obtain a large continuum map and smaller heterodyne
maps in various isotopologues of CO and HCO+. The high-J lines of CO (6--5 and
7--6) and its isotopologues together with [C I] 2--1, observed with CHAMP+, are
used to probe the warm molecular gas in the inner few hundred AU and in the
outflowing gas. The data are interpreted with continuum and line radiative
transfer models. RESULTS Broad outflow wings are seen in CO low- and high-J
lines at several positions, constraining the gas temperatures to a constant
value of ~100 K along the red outflow axis and to ~60 K for the blue outflow.
The derived outflow mass is of order 0.4--0.8 M_sol, significantly higher than
previously found. The bulk of the strong high-J CO line emission has a
surprisingly narrow width, however, even at outflow positions. These lines
cannot be fit by a passively heated model of the HH 46 IRS envelope. We propose
that it originates from photon heating of the outflow cavity walls by
ultraviolet photons originating in outflow shocks and the accretion disk
boundary layers. At the position of the bow shock itself, the UV photons are
energetic enough to dissociate CO. The envelope mass of ~5 M_sol is strongly
concentrated towards HH 46 IRS with a density power law of -1.8.Comment: accepted by A&
First results of the Herschel Key Program 'Dust, Ice and Gas in Time': Dust and Gas Spectroscopy of HD 100546
We present far-infrared spectroscopic observations, taken with the
Photodetector Array Camera and Spectrometer (PACS) on the Herschel Space
Observatory, of the protoplanetary disk around the pre-main-sequence star HD
100546. These observations are the first within the DIGIT Herschel key program,
which aims to follow the evolution of dust, ice, and gas from young stellar
objects still embedded in their parental molecular cloud core, through the
final pre-main-sequence phases when the circumstellar disks are dissipated.
Our aim is to improve the constraints on temperature and chemical composition
of the crystalline olivines in the disk of HD 100546 and to give an inventory
of the gas lines present in its far-infrared spectrum. The 69 \mu\m feature is
analyzed in terms of position and shape to derive the dust temperature and
composition. Furthermore, we detected 32 emission lines from five gaseous
species and measured their line fluxes. The 69 \mu\m emission comes either from
dust grains with ~70 K at radii larger than 50 AU, as suggested by blackbody
fitting, or it arises from ~200 K dust at ~13 AU, close to the midplane, as
supported by radiative transfer models. We also conclude that the forsterite
crystals have few defects and contain at most a few percent iron by mass.
Forbidden line emission from [CII] at 157 \mu\m and [OI] at 63 and 145 \mu\m,
most likely due to photodissociation by stellar photons, is detected.
Furthermore, five H2O and several OH lines are detected. We also found high-J
rotational transition lines of CO, with rotational temperatures of ~300 K for
the transitions up to J=22-21 and T~800 K for higher transitions
Physical properties and transmission spectrum of the WASP-74 planetary system from multi-band photometry
We present broad-band photometry of eleven planetary transits of the hot Jupiter WASP-74 b, using three medium-class telescopes and employing the telescope-defocussing technique. Most of the transits were monitored through I filters and one was simultaneously observed in five optical (U,g′,r′,i′,z′) and three near infrared (J, H, K) passbands, for a total of 18 light curves. We also obtained new high-resolution spectra of the host star. We used these new data to review the orbital and physical properties of the WASP-74 planetary system. We were able to better constrain the main system characteristics, measuring smaller radius and mass for both the hot Jupiter and its host star than previously reported in the literature. Joining our optical data with those taken with the HST in the near infrared, we built up an observational transmission spectrum of the planet, which suggests the presence of strong optical absorbers, as TiO and VO gases, in its atmosphere
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